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Director:
Larry Peerce
Writer:
Jean-Claude Tramont (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
1 November 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Barbara Sawyer and her beauticians. more
Plot:
Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
Not vintage Liz, but "Ash Wednesday" has aged well more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Elizabeth Taylor ... Barbara Sawyer

Henry Fonda ... Mark Sawyer
Helmut Berger ... Erich
Keith Baxter ... David
Maurice Teynac ... Doctor Lambert

Margaret Blye ... Kate
Monique van Vooren ... German Woman
Henning Schlüter ... Bridge Player
Dino Mele ... Mario
Kathy Van Lypps ... Mandy
Dina Sassoli ... Nurse Ilse
Carlo Puri ... Paolo
Andrea Esterhazy ... Comte d'Arnoud
Jill Pratt ... Simone
Irina Wassilchikoff ... Silvano del Campo
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Company:
Sagittarius Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Contains footage from actual facelift operations, which repulsed many viewers when it was originally released. more
Soundtrack:
Samba de Orfeu more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Not vintage Liz, but "Ash Wednesday" has aged well, 29 March 2006
7/10
Author: zorotrinidad from Trinidad and Tobago

I want to say, in 1973, it was fashionable to knock anything Elizabeth Taylor did. Not the greatest movie in the world, but a bitter story of how the aging process can affect us. Yes! It was a return to the gorgeous Liz! But, isn't that what a movie star is all about. So, Liz got fat, so did I! Liz drank and had her addictions. So do we all! Why judge a performance by an actor's trouble life? And, mirror, mirror on the wall, who has lived to survive it all? Elizabeth the Great! What more can I say? Sadly, bias and bigotry continue to blight the work of many great performers. Time will tell, or maybe it has told already, that Elizabeth Taylor and her body of work can stand up with the rest. P.S. Felt the same incredible sadness at"Ash Wednesday" in 1973 as I did at that other bitter pill "Brokeback Mountain."

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